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Thursday 12 September 2024
Samsung postpones new Exynos Auto chip while MediaTek accelerates automotive investments
There are reports of Samsung Electronics (Samsung) delaying the R&D of the automotive chip Exynos Auto and instead focusing on the development and mass-production of items including...
Monday 9 September 2024
Rohm, UAES sign long-term supply agreement for SiC power devices
Rohm Semiconductor and United Automotive Electronic Systems (UAES), a major Tier-1 automotive supplier in China, have signed a long-term supply agreement for SiC power devices.
Wednesday 4 September 2024
Qualcomm's smart automotive development leaves NVIDIA and Intel in the dust
Among the major automotive chip and software giants - Qualcomm, NVIDIA, and Mobileye of Intel - the financial results for the second quarter of 2024 reveal a significant gap. Qualcomm's...
Tuesday 3 September 2024
Geely EVs use Rohm new-gen SiC MOSFET bare chips
Rohm Semiconductor has announced the use of power modules equipped with the company's fourth-generation SiC MOSFET bare chips for traction inverters in three ZEEKR EV models manufactured...
Thursday 29 August 2024
Intel enhances smart cockpits to be capable of running AAA games in cars
The highly anticipated Chinese AAA title, "Black Myth: Wukong," has finally been released. However, players quickly discovered that their hardware setup was the first challenge on...
Tuesday 27 August 2024
China's Xpeng aims to manufacture EVs in Europe to blunt tariffs
Xpeng Inc. is looking for a manufacturing site in Europe, making it the latest Chinese electric vehicle maker seeking to mitigate the impact of import tariffs by building its cars...
Tuesday 27 August 2024
Acme seeks new applications for SiC powder amid EV market slowdown
Taiwan's Acme Electronics is anticipating flat or slightly declining demand for its silicon carbide (SiC) powders used in electric vehicles (EVs) during the second half of 2024. To...
Friday 23 August 2024
Taiwan IC designers persist in automotive market expansion despite downturn
Despite the recent downturn in automotive chip demand, most Taiwan-based IC designers remain largely unaffected and continue to intensify their efforts in the market, according to...
Friday 16 August 2024
China's struggle to boost domestic chip use in EVs
Bloomberg previously reported that China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has instructed EV companies like BYD and Geely to increase the procurement of domestic...
Friday 16 August 2024
NIO finalizes 5nm automotive chip design; how much it will help remains in question
Chinese automakers are accelerating the localization of automotive chips to avoid being bottlenecked by chip supply chains and reduce reliance on foreign chips.
Thursday 15 August 2024
Foreign auto chipmakers gain less from Chinese EV growth
China's self-sufficiency push for ICs has limited the ability of multinational automotive IC integrated device manufacturers (IDM) and fabless chipmakers to secure orders from the...
Wednesday 14 August 2024
Automotive chips experience demand slump
The automotive chip market has been in the doldrums of late, with major European and American IDMs and Taiwanese IC design firms alike anticipating a gloomy forecast for the third...
Tuesday 13 August 2024
AI-enhanced smartphone boom fuels FocalTech's AMOLED DDI sales growth
Taiwan's display driver IC (DDI) vendor, FocalTech Systems, experienced mixed sales performances across its diverse product lines in the second quarter of the year. Despite this,...
Monday 12 August 2024
Himax beats 2Q24 expectations with strong automotive DDI growth, faces 3Q headwinds amid Chinese market slump
Taiwanese display driver IC (DDI) leader Himax Technologies reported a robust second quarter, driven by strong demand for automotive DDI. However, the company is adopting a cautious...
Monday 12 August 2024
Intel unveils discrete GPU for automotive AI
Intel recently introduced its first discrete graphics processing unit (dGPU), known as the Intel Arc graphics for automotive. The product is set to be commercially deployed in vehicles...